Hi Samantha,

This particular journey IS a stunner of a route across Gran Canaria – we love it. It is now available as a specific itinerant Gran Canaria route for slow travel specialists Inntravel.
There are also excellent walking routes on Tenerife as well, so you should be in for a treat. We’re actually based on Tenerife and also have a Tenerife walking website which might whet your appetite and give you some ideas.

Hi Mike, thanks for your comments and apologies for taking a couple of days to get back to you. It’s perfectly okay to drive into the hills. Personally I like driving on the islands away from the resorts and main roads. The older country roads are far more relaxing, and usually more scenic.

Although we were putting together a package that crossed the island, people who book it would normally stay a couple of nights in each location (Tunte/Tejeda/Agaete) which meant we also included circular walks from these bases. There are so many routes that it’s definitely feasible to find routes 11/12km long in each of those locations. There should be lots of options for you in the hills not far from Maspalomas.

Thanks Freya. The hiking on Gran Canaria was a real surprise. Some of the other Canary Islands are better known for hiking but the route we did across GC was up there with the best of them.